Question 1. Research skills are primarily valued for which of the following reasons?

Their role in aiding memorization

Improving problem solving ability

Impressiveness for entry-level job positions

Creating beliefs and faith-based opinions

Question 2. How are method sources MOST relevant to researchers?

They provide readers with claims to dispute evidence.

They provide readers with materials to accept basic premises as truthful.

They offer readers a particular procedure or perspective to assess usefulness.

They offer readers concrete data or examples to assess claims.

Question 3. A good thesis statement begins with, "In this essay, I will..."

True

False

Question 4. Which of the following considerations is NOT an important question to ask when choosing a database?

Does the database provide full-text or abstracts?

Are the articles in the database difficult to understand?

Does the database offer electronic delivery?

How current are the publications?

Question 5. Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of a thesis?

To respond to one or more researchers' positions

To prove a point

To present a straightforward definition of the topic

To cite relevant evidence to support your argument

Question 6. Which of the following is NOT considered a viable criterion for evaluating sources?

Credibility

Relevance of subject matter

Ease with which it was found online

Expertise of author

Question 7. Researchers can BEST develop and refine their research question in which ONE of the following ways?

Keep the original wording the same.

Use the successful search terms in gathered sources to rewrite the question.

Make the research question as detailed as possible, including all possibilities.

Rewrite the research question to cover a larger issue.

Question 8. Which of the following DOES NOT describe a characteristic of news, trade, and popular sources?

They may be subject to editorial review or review by industry practitioners.

They make assertions without always providing readers with verification of evidence.

They are written primarily to educate or entertain.

They use a broad citation system to document sources.

Question 9. What is the best way to describe the concept of a "community of thinkers"?

Insistence of the truth of one's own beliefs on a subject

Exchange and contribution of ideas among critical thinkers

Discussion within groups of like-minded individuals

Heated debates where one side clearly wins the argument

Question 10. Researchers are LEAST likely to want to know which of the following from their sources?

How other researchers have framed their questions

What existent data proved useful in previous research

Popular opinions on their topic

False starts other researchers have taken

Question 11. The concept of "search construction" allows researchers to do all of the following, EXCEPT:

Find synonyms for key words

Identify potential search terms

Specify relationships between key terms

Keep their searches as broad as possible

Question 12. When writing a thesis paragraph, you should AVOID

explaining the significance of your thesis.

claiming other authors' ideas as your own.

establishing your own perspective in a scholarly debate.

articulating your thesis as a response to established research.

Question 13. Using the acronym "BEAM" helps researchers in which of the following ways?

It teaches students how to find sources in the library and how to use them in research.

It helps students remember the different types of sources by using an everyday term.

It makes the different types of writing abstract and complex.

It helps students learn new vocabulary words.

Question 14. Synthesizing research is important work for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Diversity of opinion

Comprehensive scope

Freedom from complications

Open-ended interpretations

Question 15. We can expect that the work of research will NOT provide us with which of the following?

New and exciting perspectives

Inspiration for related research projects

Clear and definitive solutions

New insight into the research topic

Question 16. Course textbooks are useful resources for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT:

They provide a short overview of the topic.

They help researchers understand the specialized language of a field.

They feature the most recent academic debates on the topic.

They give readers a general sense of the important topics in the field.

Question 17. "Classic" and "Rogerian" are types of what?

Argument

Syllogism

Logic

Music

Question 18. Valuable research writing is expected to do all of the following EXCEPT:

Provide new information to reinterpret previous researchers' findings.

Examine corrections to possible errors in previous research.

Repeat well-established information without further discussion.

Explore answers to questions arising from previous research.

Question 19. The primary purpose of a literature review is to do which of the following?

Expose the errors of researchers from a competing institution.

Offer the final word on a controversial topic.

Personally contribute to an ongoing field of inquiry.

Publish and earn scholarly income.

Question 20. Which search option is NOT part of the academic databases?

Subject search

Keyword search

Dictionary search

Author/title search